Protect The Inalienable Right To Vote – And Our Democracy
Scores of Americans of all races and nationalities have relentlessly fought for years – and even died – to protect our right to vote.
As a unified collective of nonprofit organizations, partners and affiliates nationwide, we firmly believe that every American’s vote is their voice. Any attempts to undermine voters’ access to the ballot box are contrary to foundational rights for everyone in the United States.
The sweeping – and ill-conceived – voting reform law recently signed in Georgia was rationalized by unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in the state’s 2020 elections. Therefore, the law, simply stated, is untenable and un-American.
We stand in staunch opposition to the law that we believe will make it especially more difficult for voters in BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities to exercise their fundamental right to vote in a nation built on democracy. We reject efforts to pass comparable legislation in other states that restrict voting rights and make it more difficult for people of color to cast their ballot. More specifically, currently there are more than 350 restrictive voting laws in various stages of proposal and consideration around the country.
As nonprofits and industry stewards, we are committed to building bridges to self-empowerment, education and employment for all communities, and especially the historically marginalized BIPOC communities across the country. Our mission, vision and values undergird our belief that all Americans must have their voices heard in a democracy.
The axis on which democracy rests depends on a government that works for every American. All of us are guaranteed the Constitutional right to cast a vote counted without delay or diminishment. A suppression of votes is to deny the public a government elected by the people and for the people.
In Unison,
Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc.
Asian Human Services
Bethany United Church of Christ
Big Brothers Big Sisters Metro Chicago
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago
Casa Central
Carole Robertson Center For Learning
Centers for New Horizons
Chicago Commons
Chicago Youth Centers
Children’s Home + Aid
Chinese American Service League
Council for Health and Human Service Ministries
Erie House
Family Focus
Four Point Play
Gilead Church Chicago
Good Shepard Lutheran Church
Gorham United Methodist
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Heartland Alliance
Illinois Collaboration on Youth
Illinois Partners for Human Service
Jazz Institute of Chicago
Kids Above All
Latino Policy Forum
Lawrence Hall
Lutheran Social Services New York
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Marillac St. Vincent Family Services
Metropolitan Family Services
National Youth Advocate Program
New Covenant Development Corporation
One Hope United
Organic Oneness
Play Like A Champion
St. James Community Church
Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ
Safer Foundation
Stone Temple Church
The Network For Social Work Management
Thresholds
Trinity United Church of Christ
UCAN
University Church Chicago
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
YWCA
Youth Guidance
Youth in Need